BIRD'S NEST MASHED POTATOES:
What you need:
Potatoes
2 eggs, separated
1 stick real butter (may substitute margarine)
Sea salt
Milk or cream
Cook potatoes as you would for making mashed potatoes. Add sea salt and partially mash potatoes. Combine 1/2 to 1 stick of melted butter (or margarine), a couple tablespoons of milk or heavy cream and the yolks of two eggs and beat well.( Save the egg whites you separated for later). Add butter/milk/yolk mixture to potatoes and continue with preparation. When they are the consistency you want, prepare a cookie sheet with a piece of foil that you brush with oil to prevent sticking. Place consistent sized heaps of mashed potatoes onto the cookie sheet and make an indention with a spoon in the top of each mound of potatoes. Brush the tops and sides of potatoes with egg white and place under the broiler of your oven (on the middle rack, so you do not scorch them) until they begin to just start to brown. This part is kind of like making meringue, so watch them carefully.
(Best served by arranging on platter around a roast, chicken, etc. and spooning sauce/gravy over potatoes.)
